P. v. Pardue CA2/2
On January 30, 2020, a jury convicted defendant and appellant Joshua Pardue of three counts of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) and one count of attempted second degree robbery (§§ 211, 664). The trial court found that he had two prior “strike” convictions within the meaning of sections 667, subdivisions (b) through (i), and 1170.12, subdivisions (a) through (d), and two prior serious felony convictions within the meaning of section 667, subdivision (a)(1). Defendant was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.
Defendant timely appealed, asserting that prejudicial errors occurred during trial which require reversal of the judgment. Specifically, he asserts that (1) the prosecutor improperly used peremptory challenges to dismiss African-American prospective jurors; (2) the trial court improperly admitted evidence of defendant’s father’s out-of-court identification; (3) the trial court improperly excluded demonstrative evidence of defendant’s walk, tattoos, and teeth;
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